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Title	:	Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts
Author	:	Milan Kundera
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 90 pages
Published	:	December 1st 1993 by Harpperen (first published 1971)
Categories	:	Plays. Fiction. Drama. European Literature. Czech Literature. Literature

Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts

Milan Kundera

Paperback | Pages: 90 pages

Rating: 3.77 | 1332 Users | 75 Reviews

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Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.

When the "heavy Russian irrationality" fell on Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera explains, he felt drawn to the spirit of the eighteenth century--"And it seemed to me that nowhere was it to be found more densely concentrated than in that banquet of intelligence, humor, and fantasy, Jacques le Fataliste."

The upshot was this "Homage to Diderot," which has now been performed throughout the United States and Europe. Here, Jacques and His Master, newly translated by Simon Callow, is a text that will delight Kundera's admirers throughout the English-speaking world.

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Original Title:	Jacques et son maître (Jacub a jeho pan)
ISBN:	0060912227 (ISBN13: 9780060912222)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.77 From 1332 Users | 75 Reviews

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As a person who loves Dostoyevsky very dearly, I found this book, well, interesting. I can understand the carnivalesque need of Milan Kundera to escape the claustrophobia that communism had imposed upon his life and this play is a manifestation of this need. The question that you are left with is a strong one indeed: If there is no God, will everything will, in fact, be permitted?

Really need to read Jacques the Fatalist before I read this again. . .I think my knowledge of Diderot played into my ranking of this book -- namely, I don't have any knowledge. The play was ribald and enjoyable, but I had the nagging sense I was missing something.

fun little profane comedic play, full of Kundera's humor and libertine taste

I guess it depends who plays it ... Studio S in Bratislava was the right place at the right time for me to see it!

Jacques et son maître (Jacub a jeho pan) = Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts, Milan KunderaJacques and his Master is a play written in 1971 by Milan Kundera, which he subtitles "A Homage to Diderot in Three Acts". The play follows two men, Jacques and his master, as they go on a journey that remains unexplained for the whole play. They tell stories to each other to pass the time and along the way the scenes from their respective pasts are performed for the audience.

just don't worry...some where some thing is written by a certain some one and you aint gonna change it.

Kundera's book "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" is my favorite novel. "Immortality" is another one of his standout works. He has only written 9 books; the last was in 2000. He has one short story collection and four plays, of which this is one. "Jacques and His Master," as stated, is an homage to Diderot. When I realized how much I loved his novels, I quickly picked up this play, too. For those who haven't widely read Kundera, you should know he tends towards philosophical musings. I would